Facile Definition

făsəl

adjective

Not hard to do or achieve; easy.

Webster's New World

Acting, working, or done easily, or in a quick, smooth way; fluent; ready.

A facile wit.

Webster's New World

Using or showing little effort and not sincere or profound; superficial.

A facile solution, facile emotions.

Webster's New World

Arrived at or presented without due care, effort, or examination; superficial.

We don't need another facile solution to a complex problem.

American Heritage

Pleasingly mild, as in disposition or manner.

American Heritage

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Origin of Facile

From Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, literally doable”), from facere (“to do, make”). Compare Spanish fácil ("easy").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Latin facilis dhē- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition